Actors Read Fiction in Selected Shorts: Writing in the Cafe at Symphony Space

The Hungarian Pastry Shop, a cozy bakery café in Morningside Heights, is the site where authors Nathan Englander (The Ministry of Special Cases), Julie Otsuka (When the Emperor Was Divine), and Rivka Galchen (Atmospheric Disturbances) met and became friends, and where they write. Actors Jefferson Mays and Jayne Atkinson will perform a few of their stories, introduced by the authors.

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The Hungarian Pastry Shop, a cozy bakery café in Morningside Heights, is the site where Nathan Englander (The Ministry of Special Cases_), Julie Otsuka (When the Emperor Was Divine_), and Rivka Galchen (Atmospheric Disturbances) met and became friends and where they write. Each of them will introduce a story of his or her own.

Program:

“For the Relief of Unbearable Urges” by Nathan Englander

Introduced by the author

Performed by Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife)

“What Happened Between” Us by Rivka Galchen

Introduced by the author

“Diem Perdidi” by Julie Otsuka

Introduced by the author

Performed by Jayne Atkinson

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